Umbrella Terms – Page 2

The Nature of Writing

I'll just cut to the chase: the nature of writing is that it takes time. Time to mechanically get the thoughts down on paper (or word processing program), time to…

Misc

Brief Check-In

Sorry, dear WordPress readers, for the lack of substance this week! I was up WAY too late last night finally playing Borderlands 3 with my sister for the first ever…

And They Stick the Landing!

9 Jun 20228 Jun 2022

Didn't think you'd hear from me again for another month, did you? Admittedly, that's your reasonable, well-honed pattern recognition at work, and I'm writing this week pretty much to spite…

Fun…

Last Week’s Post Now Freely available!

Last week, I posted an article which represents a return to travel writing as a format for me. It was patrons only for the first week of its existence, but…

Fun…

Exploring the Land of Boulders and Bears (Robbins Mountain, Bolton, VT)

17 May 202224 May 2022

When the wilderness in what is now the towns of Richmond, Jonesville, and Bolton, Vermont were getting settled and divided up, a particular parcel of land was given to a…

Misc

Incremental Self-Improvement

26 Apr 202225 Apr 2022

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and good habits take more than a week to develop. I worked hard this week: worked out four of the five days I intended…

Misc

Keep the Momentum

13 Apr 202212 Apr 2022

This post was uploaded yesterday at patreon.com/champthehippie Well, here we are again. It really is always such a pleasure. I’ve been telling myself that I’ll be starting my new routines…

Misc

Dawn of a New Schedule

5 Apr 20224 Apr 2022

The new life is coming together! I sit here in a laundromat (for the first time in my life), finding myself grateful for something which I dreaded. Our new home…

Misc

Change is on the Horizon

Well, y'all, as we turn the corner into the new year, I too am turning a corner in my professional life. I've finally found remote editing work! It's a full-time…

But What About Spyro?

I was battling hard-mode Thardus in a randomizer last night without the Thermal Visor, Charge beam, or Plasma beam, and as my mind wandered (I had a lot of time),…